St. Peters Canal

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The St. Peters Canal is a small shipping canal located in eastern Canada on Cape Breton Island. It crosses an isthmus in the village of St. Peter's, Nova Scotia which connects St. Peters Inlet of Bras d'Or Lake to the north with St. Peters Bay of the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Pre-dated by a "haulover road" across the isthmus established by French fur trader Nicholas Denys in 1650, a feasibility study was conducted in 1825 into the possibility of building a canal. Construction began in 1854 and was completed in 1869, resulting in a channel measuring 800 m (2,600 ft) long and an average of 30 m (100 ft) wide. The canal passes through a 20 m (65 ft) high hill composed of solid granite, accounting for the 15 years for its construction.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786131127700
• ISBN-10: 6131127700
• Artikelnr.: 29916830